dahi

See also: dâhi and d'ahi

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

dahi (curd)

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani دہی / दही (dahī), from Sanskrit दधि (dádhi). Doublet of tyre.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dahi (uncountable)

1. (South Asia) A yogurt or fermented milk product.

   Synonym: (India) curd

Anagrams

• Hadi, Haid, haid

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَاهٍ (dāhin). Compare Turkish dâhi.

Adjective

dahi (comparative daha dahi, superlative ən dahi)

1. genius

Banjarese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *dahi.

Noun

dahi

1. (anatomy) forehead (part of face above eyebrows)

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

dahi

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Etymology

Inherited from Malay dahi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdä.hi]
• Hyphenation: da‧hi

• Audio:

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Noun

dahi (plural dahi-dahi)

1. (anatomy) forehead (part of face above eyebrows)

   Synonym: jidat

Further reading

• “dahi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

dahi

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Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dahi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqih, from Proto-Austronesian *daqiS. Cognate with Kavalan zais (“face”), Paiwan djaqis (“forehead”), Eastern Cham ꨖꨬ (dhei, “forehead”), Chamorro ha'i, Hawaiian lae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dahi/
• Rhymes: -ahi, -hi, -i

Noun

dahi (Jawi spelling داهي, plural dahi-dahi or dahi²)

1. (anatomy) forehead (part of face above eyebrows)

Descendants

• Indonesian: dahi

Further reading

• "dahi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Portuguese

Contraction

dahi

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of daí

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دخی (dahı, dahi), from Old Anatolian Turkish داخی (daχï), from Proto-Turkic *takï.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.hi/

Adverb

dahi

1. even
2. neither